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Cultures and Maldi-TOF MS (Matrix-assisted laser desorption\/ionization\u2013time of flight mass spectrometry) method identified the causative organism as\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Nocardia africana\/nova.<\/jats:italic>\n                      The organism was acid-fast positive on modified Ziehl-Neelsen stain and Gram's stain revealed branched filamentous beaded gram-positive bacilli, while histopathology showed granulation tissue along with few ill-defined epithelioid cell granulomas, with giant cells. 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